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"Ahh

Qin Mu's overreaction made Yun Qiao'er scream in fright, and then Niu Wanshan appeared at supersonic speed, followed by Li Shi and other guards rushing at sub-speed.

"My lord, are you alright?" Li Shi and the others were still looking around vigilantly.

"It's okay, it's okay, you guys stand down." Speaking from the heart, the Qin officials were still very satisfied with the reaction of Niu Wanshan and others.

Well, this time it's a surprise check of security work by Qiao'er, but don't make it "The Wolf Comes", which next time you hear a shout, you guys will come

When Niu Wanshan and them retreated, Qin Mu immediately pulled over a certain trouble-making spirit, and taught him a fierce lesson: "You girl, what are you doing tiptoeing? ”

Yun Qiao'er replied innocently: "When people see Gongzi's sad face, they want to make Gongzi happy, who knew that you were scared like this, scared me to death." ”

"Okay, okay, I was wrong." Qin Mu felt that he had indeed overreacted, but don't be like Cao Cao, he would draw his sword and kill people in his dreams, "Girl, do you have something to do with me?" ”

"Sister Xiangjun and Sister Xiaowan said that they would take me to the Yellow Crane Tower to play, Son, you can go with you."

"No, I can't pull away, Childe, you can go by yourself."

"Childe is so busy every day, even the Dragon Boat Festival is not idle, he must be tired, Childe, go with us, can't you rest for half a day?"

Yun Qiao'er pleaded dryly, Qin Mu had to deal with military affairs during the day, meet with all kinds of people, etc., and personally train the soldiers of the three hundred teaching battalions, from morning to night, Qiao'er didn't even have time to see him, and felt stranger to him.

Qin Mu rubbed his little head and said, "I'm really not free today, Qiao'er, let's go play." Next time, I'll take the time to spend a few days with you. ”

Qiao'er's little face fell, and she suddenly got into his arms, and she was tired of it for a while before she reluctantly left. This made Qin Daguan suddenly feel that he was in debt, as if he had become the person with the most debts in the world.

He breathed a sigh of relief, walked quickly to the side hall where the General Staff was located, and pondered silently on the sand table, others did not dare to disturb him, only Sima An came up and asked, "Your Excellency is still worried about the affairs of Xiangyang?" ”

Qin Mu nodded and replied, "Mr. Sima, this official always feels that we made a mistake before. But I couldn't grasp the essentials for a while. ”

Hearing this, the hall immediately fell silent, and Sima An said unexpectedly: "My lord, my subordinates also have some ideas, and I am about to discuss them with my lord." ”

"Oh? You said. ”

"My lord, my subordinates think that it is better for us to give up Xiangyang at present."

Qin Mu had a flash of inspiration in his mind, and he couldn't help but clench his fists slightly and said, "Yes, Xiangyang Xiangyang." Mr. Sima, please continue. ”

"First, we are eyeing Xiangyang and will contain a large number of Yuan Zongdi's troops, which is tantamount to helping the Manchu Tartars. It is better to temporarily give up the attack on Jihua in Xiangyang, and let Yuan Zongdi lead the elite of the right battalion of the Dashun army to the north, in the hope that Li Zicheng can fight with the Tartars to defeat both. ”

"Well, what about the second one?" Qin Mu's eyebrows stretched unconsciously.

"Second. If the enemy moves south, from a strategic point of view, it will be a big mistake to enter the hinterland of the Central Plains and attack Xiangyang. The wisest way is to attack Huaiyang first and approach Nanjing, so that the most effective effect can be achieved both militarily and politically;

The soldiers of the four towns of Huaiyang are unreliable, from our point of view, once Huaiyang is lost, the first to be threatened is Jiujiang, and at this time our heavy troops are pressed in Xiangyang, the battle line is too long, once Jiujiang is in danger, I am afraid that it will not be able to be saved. ”

Qin Mu smiled self-deprecatingly, he had never forgotten to seize the strategic place of Xiangyang, not only did he have the wrong strategic direction, but also his strategic thinking was backward, and he fell into a strategic thinking mode in the era of cold weapons.

Xiangyang is a good gateway to Jinghu, but it hangs alone in the north of the river, if it is a cold weapon combat mode, Xiangyang can also contain and consume a large number of enemy troops by virtue of the high walls of the city;

But now the Tartars also have Hongyi cannons, it can be said that the combat mode has entered the era of hot weapons, under the bombardment of artillery fire, even Tongguan can not be held in such a dangerous pass, how can Xiangyang, which is lonely in the north of the river, be an exception?

At that time, Xiangyang will not only not be able to become a bridgehead to stop the enemy, but may become a huge grave.

In the case of weak combat power, it is extremely stupid to consider the gains and losses of one city and one pool; It seems that you still have to use Taizu's sports warfare, even if Huguang and Jiangxi are all broken, it doesn't matter, the Manchu Tartars have a limited population, as long as they can destroy a large number of the enemy's living liliang, they can get the final victory.

Thinking of this, Qin Mu immediately said: "What Mr. Sima said is extremely true, so let's do it, immediately order Su Jin to withdraw, and at the same time send someone to Xiangyang to talk to Yuan Zongdi, in order to show sincerity, even Jingmen's troops must be reduced, just leave a thousand men and horses, at this time Yuan Zongdi is eager to go north to reinforce Li Zicheng, and there is no time to look south, leaving a thousand men and horses is enough." ”

"Yes, sir."

"Li Shi, let Dongfang Sheng, deputy director of the Military Intelligence Department, and Gan Nan from the Ministry of Supervision come to see this official."

"Yes."

Dongfang Sheng is thirty-two years old, his appearance is not good, but he is thoughtful and wise. Gannan is even younger, only twenty-three years old, but he seems to be very mature, and he is a good hand at propaganda and agitation.

"Meet your lordship, I don't know what your lordship commands?" The two of them bowed to Qin Mu together.

"Excuse me." Qin Mu said solemnly: "This time I will give you an important task, you will each pick a hundred people, and then disperse to Henan, Zhili, Shandong and other places to organize battles behind enemy lines. This is an extremely difficult task, once you are behind the enemy, everything has to rely on yourself, it can be described as nine deaths, this officer now gives you a chance to choose, and those who do not want to go immediately put it forward, this official does not blame you. ”

"My subordinates are willing to go." The two replied in unison, without a hint of hesitation.

Qin Mu was very satisfied, and then said: "Your current task is to disperse and lurk first, organize the local liliang, and once the Qing Manchu Tartars move south in the future, you will carry out guerrilla warfare behind the enemy lines, destroy the enemy's grain routes, attack the enemy's small group of men and horses, hunt and kill the puppet officials sent by the enemy, in a word, it is to do everything possible to sabotage behind the enemy lines, so that the enemy will not be able to live in peace;

Remember, you are not aiming to capture as many cities as you want, you must be flexible and mobile, so that you have a chance to survive. Another point is also very important, that is, to promote our policies to the local people, to win their support, and to integrate ourselves into the general public. ”

"Do as your lord commands."

"Go ahead, then the official will let Ye Bushu cooperate with you as much as possible."

Qin Mu's "night does not collect" is the original singles' house, Huang Lianshan sent to the north a while ago successfully received some Ming army spies, these military spies were originally called "night do not collect".

In order to dilute the color of the "brocade guard" on the Singles' House and make his officials less disgusted, Qin Mu simply renamed the Singles' House as "Night Buhui" to make it sound more like a pure military agent.

Listening to Qin Mu's arrangement, Sima An, He Liang and others couldn't help but secretly high-five, now most of Henan, Zhili, and Shandong are still under the control of the Dashun army, but due to the defeat of Li Zicheng's main force, these places are facing the possibility of changing hands again, and the morale of the army and the people is very unstable.

In the future, when necessary, it will be able to bloom all over the enemy's rear and make the enemy overwhelmed and neglect the other, so that it will be able to effectively cooperate with frontal battlefield operations.

Naturally, they are very much in favor of such things.

Qin Mu then asked about the situation in Nanjing, and Sima An replied casually: "Following May 18, Shi Kefa, Gao Hongtu, and Ma Shiying were all given the rank of scholar of Dongge University and allowed to enter the cabinet. On the 21st, Jiang Yueguang and Wang Duogu were selected as the secretary of the ministry, and the rank of scholar of Dongge University was added to the cabinet to do things together. Soon, Chen Zizhuang was promoted to the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, Xu Yan was promoted to Shao Zhan Shi, and Huang Daozhou was first promoted to the left servant of the Ministry of Rites, and then he was promoted to the secretary of the Ministry of Rites. ”

After Qin Mu heard this, he glanced at Zhu Yousong, these people mentioned by Sima An, except for Ma Shiying and Wang Duo, are almost all members of the Donglin Party, at least they are inextricably linked to the Donglin Party.

From Zhu Yousong's point of view, after he ascended the throne, he did not start from his own likes and hates, and wantonly suppressed the Donglin Party, which fully showed that he took the overall situation into account and was quite open-minded.

Sima An smiled faintly: "Sincere Uncle Liu Kongzhao is vigorously introducing Ruan Dacheng into the court. ”

As soon as he heard the name Ruan Dacheng, Qin Mu couldn't help but smile coldly and said, "It seems that Nanjing is in turmoil again." ”

(To be continued......)